Indian Industrial School 

CARLISLE, PA. 

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Indian Industrial School 



CARLISLE, PA. 

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The Carlisle Barracks, established in 1755 as an outpost against Indians, were originally granted rent free to the 
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by the Penn proprietors, but in 1801 were purchased from them by the United States. 

The buildings, erected during the Revolution and subsequently, having become dilapidated, were rebuilt in 
1836. These remained until 1863, when they were burned by the Confederates under Fitz Hugh Lee, on the night 
of July 1st, just before the battle of Gettysburg. Rebuilt in 1865-6, the Barracks were occupied as a cavalry school 
for recruits until 1872, at which time the School was transferred to St. Louis, and the place was practically 
unoccupied until turned over to the Interior Department for an Indian School, September 6th, 1879. 

Located in one of the best agricultural regions in the country, surrounded by a thrifty, industrious people, 
Carlisle Barracks merited the 

ENDORSEMENT GIVEN BY GENERAL HANCOCK, 

who, in approving its transfer to the Interior Department for an Indian School, said : " I know of no better place for 
the establishment of such an Institution." 

THE AIM OF THE SCHOOL 

has been to lead the Indians into the national life through associating them with that life, and teaching them 



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English and giving a primary education and a knowledge ot some common and practical industry and means of 
self-support among civilized people. To this end there are shops where the principal trades are taught the boys, and 
two farms for their instruction in farming, and suitable rooms and appliances where the girls are taught cooking, 
sewing, laundry and housework. But the crowning influence in the accomplishment of these purposes is an 
extensive and most effective system of placing annually hundreds of boys and girls out in families and in the 
public schools. 

The buildings throughout are well lighted by electricity and heated by steam, which is generated in a building 
entirely separated from the other buildings, and thus the danger from fire is reduced to a minimum, and the light 
and heat are equable and of the best quality. 

There is ample water supply throughout the buildings and grounds, coming from the reservoir which supplies 
the town. 

The School is provided with an excellent hand fire engine, and the boys are trained in its use, so that within 
three minutes it is possible to throw water from two sets of hose upon any building in the School grounds. 
During the sixteen years of the School's existence, only one threatening fire incident has occurred, and that was 
caused by tramps firing a stack of fodder adjoining the School barn. Although more than half a mile distant, the 
boys were so prompt with the engine that the fire was suppressed before the barn was materially damaged. 

There are two athletic fields for foot ball, base ball and other out door games. 

The walks throughout the grounds are granolithic or made stone, conducing greatly to the comfort and 
cleanliness of the place. 

All pupils attend school four hours and work four hours each day at trades or industries of their own selection. 



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ENTRANCE AVENUE. 

The School adjoins the borough of Carlisle on the northeast, and is reached by a public road leading into this avenue on the 

School grounds. 
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A SCHOOL ROOM INTERIOR. 
This picture gives a partial view of school room No. 12, occupied by the Senior Class. The school rooms are 28x30x13 feet, well 
lighted and ventilated, fitted with single desks and slate blackboards, and aggregate accommodations for 700 pupils, 

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THE FIRST CLASS OF GRADUATES. 1889. 
Frank Dorian (Iowai. Wm. F. Campbell (Chippewa). Thomas Wistar (Ottawa). 
Kish Hawkins (Cheyennei. Joel Tyndall (Omaha). Edwin Schanandore (Oneida). Jos. B. Harris iGros Ventre). 
Eva Johnson (Wyandottei. Lilly Cornelius (Oneida). Julia Powlas (Oneida). 
Esther Miller (Miami). 

Clara Faber (Wyandotte). Katie Grindrod (Wyandotte). Cecilia Londrosh (Winnebago). 

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THE SECOND CLASS OF GRADUATES. 1890. 
Dennison Wheelock (Oneida). Stacy Matlack (Pawnee). Levi Levering (Omaha). 
William Tivis ( Comanche). Jemima Wheelock ( Oneida). Veronica Holliday ( Chippewa). Benjamin Lowry (Winnebago). 

George W. Means ( Sioux). Howard Logan ( Winnebago). George Vallier ( Quapaw). Percy Zadoka ( Keechi). 

Lawrence Smith (Winnebago). William Morgan ( Pawnee). Carl Leider ( Crow). Benjamin Thomas ( Pueblo). 

Rosa Bourassa Chippewa). Nellie Robertson ( Sioux). Julia Bent ( Cheyenne). 



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THE FIFTH CLASS OF GRADUATES. 1893. 
John Baptiste Malcolm W. Clarke Fred Big Horse S. Arthur Johnson John G. Morrison 

(Winnebago). (Piegan). (Sioux). (Wyandotte). (Chippewa). 

Emily E. Peake (Chippewa). 
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THE SIXTH CLASS OF GRADUATES. 1894. 
Thos. B. Bear (Sioux). Susie Metoxen (Oneida). Wm. J. Tygar (Shawnee). 
Flora Campbell Howard Gansworth Martha Napawat Emmanuel Bellefeuille Belinda Archiquette Siceni Nori 
(Alaskan). (Tuscarora). (Kiowa). (Chippewa). (Oneida). (Pueblo). 

Henry Warren Wm. Denomie Ida Warren Hugh Sowcea Minnie M. Yandell 
Andrew Beard (Sioux). (Chippewa). (Chippewa). (Chippewa). (Pueblo). (Bannock). 

James D. Flannery (Alaskan). Florence L. Wells (Alaskan). Florence Miller (Stockbridge). Ida Powlas (Oneida). 



THE SEVENTH CLASS OF GRADUATES. 1895. 



Clark Gregg David Turkey George Warren Laura Long Wm. Hazlett Wm. Lufkins Isaac Baird Lewis Williams Ida LaCha^elle 
I Assinaboine). (Seneca). (Chippewa). (Wyandotte). (Piegan). (Chippewa). (Oneida). (Nez Perce). (Chippewa). 

Melissa Green George Suis Alice Lambert Chauncey Y. Robe Wm. Moore Nettie Freemont James Van Wert 
(Oneida). (Crow). (Chippewa). (Sioux). (Sac & Fox). (Omaha). (Chippewa). 

Antoine Donnell (Chippewa). Samuel Sixkiller (Cherokee). Susie McDougall (Chippewa). George Buck (Sioux). 

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THE GUARD HOUSE. 



At the entrance gate stands the old Guard House, which is one of the historic buildings of Pennsylvania. It was built by the 
Hessian soldiers whom Washington captured at the battle of Trenton, in 1776, and sent to this place as prisoners of war. The 
School follows a system of military guard duty, and the Guard House is used as the headquarters for the sentinels. 

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DINING HALL— INTERIOR. 
This room will seat 700 persons. 

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THE BOILER HOUSE INTERIOR. 
The buildings are all heated by steam from this central plant consisting of three 100-horse-power water tube boilers. All the work of 
digging the trenches, laying the pipes and fitting up the buildings for the system was done by the 
Indian boys under the direction of a skilled mechanic. 



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THE LARGE BOYS' QUARTERS 
replace an old barrack building that stood on the same site in the early days of the School, and are 292x36 feet. 

Congress had not then faith in Indian education, and after several years of disappointment, the boys from their earnings on farms 
contributed to erect the building $1,851.00, and the balance, $14,500.00, was donated by friends of the School. 
It has accommodations for 300 boys, with library, reading, assembly, bath and clothing rooms. 



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GYMNASIUM INTERIOR. 



One of the most useful buildings at the School is the Gymnasium, 150 x 60 feet, built wholly from contributed funds. In addition to its 
regular use for gymnastic purposes and drills, it is the place for the general social gatherings of the School. It is 
supplied with apparatus in the use of which, under the direction of an instructor, both girls and 
boys each day drill with great benefit to health and deportment. 



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THE SCHOOL BAND. 

In 1880 a benevolent lady of Boston presented the school with a set of band instruments. Under its present leader, a graduate of the 
School, it has a recognized place among the good bands of the country, and has performed acceptably before critical audiences 
in our large cities, notably at the parades in New York and Chicago during the Columbian Quadra-Centennial. 

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GROUP OF APACHES. 

Of all the Indians Carlisle has undertaken, no tribe presented a more hopeless outlook than the Apaches from Arizona, who have 
long held a most unenviable reputation as the outlaws and the Ishmaelites of the Indians. Carlisle's experience with the 
Apaches is that they are as susceptible as others of civilization. They are unusually active and valuable as workers. 

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THE WORLD'S FAIR EXHIBIT. [ 

The exhibit of Carlisle School at the World's Fair compared favorably with the exhibits from other industrial schools of the country, 
and won for Carlisle diplomas from the Department of Liberal Arts and the Department of Agriculture. The School has also 
been awarded medals for exhibits made in Paris and Madrid, and other diplomas on less importantjoccasions. 

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THE WORKSHOPS. 

The old cavalry stables were remodeled as workshops, and serve the purpose well, being convenient, compact and roomy. Carlisle was 
the pioneer in Indian industrial education and has followed an original system of its own — producing the clothing, shoes, etc., neces- 
sary for the students, and manufacturing wagons, harness and tinware for the Government. In all the shops as little machinery 
as possible is used, in order that each pupil may learn his trade in a way that will make him most skillful with his hands. 

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THE CARPENTER SHOP. 

One of the most useful and popular trades taught is that of carpentering. The Master Carpenter with his Indian boys 
is able to undertake any job of building required at the School. 



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THE SHOE SHOP 

makes all the shoes used by the pupils except such as are bought from their own unds and kept for Sunday best. Since the 
beginning of the School not a pair of shoes or boots has been sent off the premises to be repaired. 



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Here the uniforms and outer garments for 450 boys are made annually. 




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GROUP OF PRINTERS, 
udents must be fairly well advanced in their school work before they can enter the printing orfic 



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THE HOSPITAL. 

This necessary adjunct of the School is officered with a resident physician, a trained nurse in charge and an Indian girl 
assistant who is also a trained nurse. It has its own kitchen and special diet table. The rooms are well 
heated and lighted and all usual appliances for the proper care of the sick are provided. 

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